Combination of local selection pressures drives diversity in aposematic signals

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1017-1028

  Mochida, Koji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Carotenoid colouration; Correlated evolution; Latitudinal gradient; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; APOSEMATISM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; CAROTENOID; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXIN;

ANIMALIA; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 80052265273     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9471-0     Document Type: Article

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